Tough to match Bill Cosby
America has never loved anyone as unanimously as Bill Cosby. The Cosby Show was the #1 show in the country.
I’m old, so crushing on Sean Connery and later hearing him explain how you sometimes need to hit a woman to get her to fall in line.
Idolized my father as a kid. Then I met his two previous kids, the ones he abandoned and refused to pay child support for, even while his ex wife had cancer. Not cause he was poor and couldn't afford it, but because he wanted to "climb the ladder of success."
Joke was on him, he hid his assets from his first wife by putting his house fully in the name of his second wife, who got to keep the whole house after his divorce.
I aspired to be as cool as Hyde in That 70s Show at one point... he's in prison now.
I haven't been able to fully accept the Neil Gaiman accusations yet, probably because of how influential he was on teenage me.
Pixar was THE storytelling studio from 1995-2010, and John Lasseter was one of the main people behind that. He revitalized Disney after that, and turned it into a juggernaut. His storytelling instincts were second to none. I used to listen to EVERYTHING I could find where he talked about story telling in order to be a better writer.
When it came out that he was a creep, it was very hard on me. I guess he was “just” a creep, compared to so many other people who were cancelled, he just edged into “making people uncomfortable” territory. Still, it ruined my perception of him.
Similarly, Kevin Spacey WAS my favorite actor….
I was very disappointed when it was revealed that Lance Armstrong had been doping for most of his career. And had forced others to do it.
I had believed his book when he wrote about his natural attributes to make him a great cyclist.
I threw out all my LiveStrong stuff and his book.
I remember a time where Will and Jada Pinkett Smith was held up as one of the few examples of a strong celebrity marriage.
My ex boyfriend took me in when my family disowned me for being gay, after I was anonymously outed. Thought he was my hero and an angel of a person. Later found out he was the one who outed me to them.
I thought I was in love with Jared Leto. I came very, very close to getting a 30 Seconds to Mars tattoo. Ick.
Well, I didn't idolize him but definitely looked up to him, guy I went to College with and we're still in the same friend group many years later, kind of. We knew he wasn't the greatest guy in the world and then: Served in Congress and while in DC he cheated on his wife (the mother of his 3 young children) often, she found out when her Gyno told her she had an STD; He became Governor of my state and early in his 3rd term had to accept a plea deal with the feds, resign, go to federal prison; He learned nothing, basically told the feds "Catch me if you can", they did, he went back to federal prison again.
Russell Brand
Used to be humble yet hilarious, witty beyond belief in his old radio shows and his British Ponderland show.
I met my hero in an airport, he was kind and charming and genuinely empathetic to me. They say never meet your heroes, but I was so happy I met mine.
Turned out to be a disgusting sycophant who kisses the rings of the worst people on the planet
What a disappointment.
Man, I was super into Jordan Peterson circa 2017 as a young black woman. Like super annoying, flying to lectures, trying to get multiple ppl to read 12 rules.
It helped me so much I wanted other people to feel empowered.His might be the biggest let down because before he fell into the right wing grift I know for a fact his psychology lectures could have really helped a lot of people learn to understand themselves and pay attention to their behavior in the world.
As an 80s kid, Hulk Hogan. Lucky for him social media did not exist. I am sure he was the same guy then as the one he was later in life.
Not gonna lie I was pretty heartbroken to hear how awful Walt Disney was. Especially toward the Jews that man gave me Mickey Mouse and movies that made my childhood great. Not to mention he underpays staff and Disney meanwhile makes billions.
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Lets get you back to bed grandpa.
My opinion is you should fuck off. Tolerate it.
Never
Libs hate him because he runs circles around them intellectually.
do you know the tolerance Paradoxon?
Why not admire and imitate that middle school teacher who goes above and beyond for his students? Or, what about that retired woman down the street that volunteers a couple of nights a week at the soup kitchen? Or, maybe that fireman who went back into a burning building to find the kid huddling inside a closet?
Very well spoken. Sometimes people who struggle themselves turn out to be most helpful and kind to others because they know how hard life can be by the strictest teacher: Experience.
so if someone commited a crime but there was no witness they couldn't be judged?
So u never met or spoke with her but because of her opinion she's bad?